FRIARS CLUB: You have given tour de force performances in dramas, comedies, and musicals in addition to hosting TV shows and comedy specials. What do you look for in a role? DAVE KONIG: I like a role where the check clears and I get to take something home from wardrobe. Currently my agent is looking ...

By Amadeo Fusca– Growing up, the Dean Martin roasts (and later the Comedy Central/Friars Club roasts) constantly played in my household. I grew up with them, and I also grew up in a family that had a very broad sense of humor. We loved to laugh and any topic was fair game. But more importantly, ...

The combination of sports and comedy is a time-honored tradition with the Friars, having Roasted & Toasted famous athletes since the club’s inception in 1904. As former Roastee Boomer Esiason noted, “What a rarefied badge of honor it is to be Roasted by the legendary Friars Club. Knowing it was all for charity made it ...

By Barry Dougherty– While attending the after party of the Friars Icon Award in honor of Robert De Niro in the Frank Sinatra Dining Room, I took note that the chair he was sitting on had “George Burns” engraved on a plaque on the back of the seat. There are scads of chairs in the ...

by Alex Forstenhausler– It’s October 18, 2011, at the Friars Club. I’m seated inside the Frank Sinatra Dining Room for my induction ceremony. I’m nervous, excited, honored and hot; I’m very hot. Why I am so hot? Maybe it’s because my jacket is made of wool. That was probably a mistake. Fast-forward sixteen months to ...

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Pumpkin and Rum, a winning combination, like Reiner & rooks, Burns & Allen and Poehler & Fey. Raise a rocks glass with a lemon wedge on the rim to these dynamic and delicious duos. A drink even the 2,000-year-old man could enjoy.

2 oz. Pyrat Rum

1 oz. Cinnamon Syrup

1 oz. Fresh Apple Cider

1 Dash of Fresh Lemon Juice

RYE SENSE OF HUMOR

Whether being roasted, toasted, feted, or awarded, a Friar relies on his wry sense of humor. Our Rye Sense Of Humor relies on Rye, Cream Sherry, Fresh Apple Aider, and other fine ingredients. Top with three house-made Bourbon Cherries skewered like a Friars Club Roastee.

1 oz. Rye

2 oz. Cream Sherry

1 oz. Fresh Apple Cider

3-5 Dashes Orange Bitters

1 Dash Bourbon Cherry Juice

THE BOURBON LEGEND

Our new Bourbon Legend is like mixing Uncle Milte, Buddy Hackett, Phyllis Diller and Jerry Lewis all into one glass. Your entre into the world of old-fashioned fizz and showbiz. You’ll be the Toastmaster General every time with this Friars favorite.

1 oz. Rye

2 oz. Cream Sherry

1 oz. Fresh Apple Cider

3-5 Dashes Orange Bitters

1 Dash Bourbon Cherry Juice

WHAT A PEAR!

Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello, Rowan & Martin… all classic comedy pairs. Think of them while sipping this classic pear-flavored drink. Poir Williams pear-flavored brandy combined with the finest ingredients for the straight man or quipster in all of us.